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Damaged pie sold in error (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spoiled

'damaged' is the definition.
(spoiling is a kind of damaging)

'pie sold in error' is the wordplay.
'in error' is an anagram indicator.
'pie'+'sold'='piesold'
'piesold' anagrammed gives 'SPOILED'.

(Other definitions for spoiled that I've seen before include "Rotten" , "Damaged, harmed" , "Of child, excessively pampered" , "Marred" , "Ruined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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